Structural and functional analysis of the GerD spore germination protein of bacillus species

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 426, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1995-2008

  Li, Yunfeng ^a   Jin, Kai ^a   Ghosh, Sonali ^a   Devarakonda, Parvathimadhavi ^a   Carlson, Kristina ^a   Davis, Andrew ^a   Stewart, Kerry Ann V ^a   Cammett, Elizabeth ^a   Rossi, Patricia Pelczar ^a,c   Setlow, Barbara ^a   Lu, Min ^b   Setlow, Peter ^a   Hao, Bing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; GerD; germinant receptors; spore germination; spores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GERD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPORE GERMINATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRIPLE HELIX; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

BACILLUS; GERD; GERMINANT RECEPTORS; SPORE GERMINATION; SPORES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84897977904     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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